Fashion and Progress in Baytown the Sixties
A reminiscence of Baytown in the 1960s highlighting era fashion with cinched waists and hats, plus community venues like Humble Community House and style shows. It notes local landmarks, losses from Hurricane Carla and corporate decisions, and gains including a new library, city hall, community center, and Ross S. Sterling High School. Wanda Orton reflects as a former Baytown Sun editor.
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Doris Day
Jacqueline Kennedy
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Community House
Texas Avenue
Betty Bailey Hutto
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown Community Center
Knights of Columbus Hall
Carla
Quack Shack
Robert E. Lee High School
Sterling Municipal Library
Ross S. Sterling
Wanda Orton
Baytown Sun
AccuWeather Five Day Baytown Forecast Update
AccuWeather issues a five day forecast for Baytown detailing daily conditions with expected temperatures and precipitation chances. The update notes cooler mornings and mild afternoons with varying rain chances across the period.
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AccuWeather
Baytown
BHILD honors teen MAD E group for helping community
Barbers Hill district officials praised M.A.D.E. Making A Difference Everyday a student group organized by Staci Hemmenway for community service. Members prepared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Galveston homeless, delivering them in time for a football game.
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BHILD
M.A.D.E
Staci Hemmenway
Barbers Hill
Gayle Woodall
Galveston
Hemmenway
Greg Poole
Barbers Hill Isd
Community center calendar and activities in Baytown area
Read list of daily events at Crosby and Highlands centers including rhythm walking aerobics line dancing and guitar lessons. Community groups meet at J D Walker center Baytown Genealogy Library Rotary Toastmasters VFW Post and Calvary Temple with schedules and contact numbers provided.
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Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Melissa
Crosby Ladies and Lords Chorus
Marguerite
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Baytown
Market St
Decker Drive
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown Toastmasters
ExxonMobil
Traci Dillard
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Baytown Community Center
Sterling Municipal
VFW
N. Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
History Highlights for September 29 in Years Past
Key events on September 29 include the 1910 origin of the National Urban League in New York, the 1789 regular army establishment, the 1829 duty of London’s police that became Scotland Yard, and other notable dates such as the 1960 My Three Sons debut and the 1982 Tylenol cyanide incidents.
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National Urban League
Committee
New York
U.S. War Department
London
Scotland Yard
Washington National Cathedral
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Fred MacMurray
ABC
John Paul I
Vatican
Washington Post
Janet Cooke
Chicago
Bible Verse from Corinthians on Spiritual Understanding
A concise biblical verse notes that the natural person rejects spiritual truths as foolishness since they are discerned only by the Spirit. The passage 1 Corinthians 2 14 emphasizes the difference between worldly perception and divine insight.
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God
Tropical system brings floods and storms to Florida and Carolinas
A tropical system will move ashore along the Florida and Carolina coasts today bringing heavy rain and the risk of flooding and severe thunderstorms. Much of the West will see another hot and sunny day, while Southern California experiences scattered thunderstorms.
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Florida
Carolina Coast
West
California
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